CVE-2015-7217

The gdk-pixbuf configuration in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 on Linux GNOME platforms incorrectly enables the TGA decoder, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted Truevision TGA image.

Published: 2015-12-16 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-7217 is rated Moderate Risk (44.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.30%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7217

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-02 1.48% 1.30% -0.18%
2 2025-03-30 3.98% 1.48% -2.50%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.98% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-7217

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-7217

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-7217

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-7217: 1 GLSA(s) (201512-10), 4 atom(s) (mail-client/thunderbird, mail-client/thunderbird-bin, www-client/firefox, www-client/firefox-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-7217
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7217
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7217/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-7217 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (firefox), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7217

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-7217

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox <= 42.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 42.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 22 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 23 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-7217

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